Hoaxes

The Chain Gang June 19, 2014

McDonald’s Tricked People With the Promise of Nonexistent Jobs for a LameThe whole zombie musical thing is fake, but that’s okay because McDonald’s Las Vegas is open 24 hours.

By Clint Rainey

The James Weird Awards Oct. 1, 2010

The James Weird Awards: Michelin-Starred Nipple-Twisting and Pizza Fight ClubPlus: a Justin Bieber hoax, and how to steal an entire vineyard, in our weekly roundup of weird restaurant news.

By Helen Rosner

Fun While It Lasted Feb. 25, 2010

140-Year-Old Hot Dog Was a Phony ConeyThat’s right, there was no fossilized frankfurter.

By Daniel Maurer

Hoaxes Apr. 10, 2009

Nuts4WeedNuts vendors dealing weed — too good to be true?

By Daniel Maurer

NewsFeed Aug. 28, 2008

By Daniel Maurer

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